Measured height loss predicts incident clinical fractures independently from FRAX: a registry-based cohort study.
William D LeslieJ T SchousboeS N MorinP MartineauL M LixH JohanssonE V McCloskeyN C HarveyJohn A KanisPublished in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2020)
Prior height loss is associated with a small but significant increase in risk of incident fracture at all skeletal sites independent of other clinical risk factors and competing mortality as considered by FRAX. Prior weight loss only increases risk for subsequent hip fracture.